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I collect the word for the number 47 ("forty-seven") in as many languages as possible. Can someone please tell me how to say it in Aromanian? Thanks.

- André ([1])

Plural of Aromanian 'vatra'?

Hi, I want to ask what is the plural of Aromanian word 'vatra' eng. 'hearth, fire place'

 I found the singular form in Belimace poem but I need to know also 
 the plural form.

(Dimândarea pãrinteascã - Belimace)

 El în vatra-lji pãrinteascã
 Fumealjia s'nu-shi hãriseascã;
 Di fumelji curunji s'nu bashe,
 Nat în leagãn shi nu nfashe!

 Thanks and Best Regards,
    marius

Gand

Hey, how you doing. I'm a Romanian. I want to know whether Aromanians also have the word 'Gand' for 'thought' and 'Ganduri' (thoughts) as in Daco-Romanian. Thanks. 64.12.116.10 06:53, 24 Dec 2004 (UTC)

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Hi, if I remember correctly the word "gând" is of Hungarian origin. Beautiful word, by the way, great resonance espacially in plural form "gânduri" -- thanks, Hungary :) -- Adrian

'Gandi' (to think) is considered by many Romanian etymological dictionaries to be "from Hungarian", while 'Cugeta' (to think) is the original Romanian word inherited from Latin (>cogitare). Both are used in Daco-Romanian, and they're both nice words. Recently, a linguist (Sorin Paliga) has pointed out that even 'gand' may be native to Daco-Romanian, and he derives 'gand' from the Indo-European root *ghend, 'to grasp, hence to understand', from which comes the *hend part in 'comprehend'. The word may well be Indo-European, and not Finno-Ugric, thus not native to Hungarian at all, and both 'cugeta' (from Latin) and 'gandi' (from an Indo-European language) would be native to Daco-Romanian. This theory is supported by many cognates in Albanian, Greek, Latin, and Baltic. The Hungarian "etymology" is an old assumption. What I was asking here is whether or not the word is found in Aromanian---and the absence of the word (I assume it is absent) in Aromanian does not prove or even indicate a non-Indo-European origin for the word. (Decius)